中英互译
ostentation
英 /ˌɒstenˈteɪʃ(ə)n/美 /ˌɑːstenˈteɪʃ(ə)n/
基本释义
- n.卖弄;虚饰;虚有其表
GREGMAT
双语例句
- On the whole she had lived modestly, with a notable lack of ostentation.总体来说,她生活俭朴,不事张扬。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- Forsake your greed, abandon your appetites of ostentation.除去你的贪心,放弃你所炫耀的爱好。
- Choose a life of action, not one of ostentation. (C.Nepos).要选择行动的一生,而不是炫耀的一生。
网络短语
- Free from showiness or ostentation不自命不凡的;谦虚的不炫耀或卖弄的
- reduce ostentation黔浮华
- Free from ostentation or pretension端庄的
- ostentation E夸耀;夸示
- ostentation Õ夸示的
词语扩展
adj.
ostentatious招摇的;卖弄的;夸耀的;铺张的;惹人注目的
词义分布
卖弄
66.7%
虚饰
33.3%
英英释义
- n.a gaudy outward display
- n.lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
- n.pretentious or showy or vulgar display
词源
- ostentation炫耀,卖弄os-,向前,朝向,-tent,伸出,延展,词源同extend,tense,content.引申词义炫耀,卖弄。